Back from Ipoh

I just came back from a trip to Ipoh .... so coincidently, my housemate Calvin and his wife Jamie got a job at UTP .... so they just moved to Ipoh .... so, i just packed by bag, get a bus ticket ... and buy my way to Ipoh .... on a rainy friday afternoon, just after a meeting at my office ....

Reached Medan Gopeng at 4.30 pm ... ermm, i was kinda lost coz last time, when i still study at UTP ... bus usually stopped at Medan Kint ... so i decide to walk out a little bit to check out that area ... when i was walking along the road ... I was stopped by a teksi sapu ... offer to bring me to Ipoh Parade for RM10 ... so i think what the heck ... i dun even know where i am anyway ....

Stopped by at Ipoh Parade .... hang out at a cafe there while waiting for my Calvin to pick me up ... Ipoh parade seems to be newly renovated .... and a lot of school kids seems to hang around ..... Calvin and his wife arrived and suggested dinner and movies ... so we walk over to "tong sui kai" ... and have dinner there .... and later catch a movie "Watchmen" at Ipoh Parade .... it seems that the movie turns out to be a disaster ... at least not my cup of tea ....

Next morning ... got this van stopped outside Calvin's house .... selling breakfast, remind me of the old days when they still have van going house to house selling food at subang ..... hehehe .... so bought some breakfast .... and ate at his house .... i must say that his house really have a nice environment .... bukit kledang just walking distance away ... small and peaceful neighbourhood .... just like Miri ....

Then we go to Jaya Jusco at Ipoh ... to meet up with another couple ... Raffiz and Melissa, both my secondary school friends .... have lunch together Kenny Roger's ... then i heard that Crocs have sales ... so go and check it out .... seems that it only give discount for the second pair, if buy 2 pairs lo ... but nevertheless, i just got myself a pair :-P

At night, bring Calvin and Jamie to Menglembu town ... to try the honey chicken .... they seems to like it very much .... and after dinner, Calvin drop me off at Raffiz's place .... to watch ManU vs Liverpool match .... too bad Man U lose badly that night ... but that doesnt spoil our mood to go out and have supper at mamak shop at greentown ..... after that, spend a night at Raffiz place ....

Next sunday morning ... overshoot and sleep until 10.00 am ... have breakfast with Raffiz and Melissa .... and then ask them to send me back to Calvin's place .... hahaha .... i live like a nomad .... go here and there ....

At Calvin's place .... Jamie cook lunch, yummy food :-) .... then i took a rest and later evening ... go and climb Bukit Kledang .... climb until half way ... everybody pancit .... and also looks like going to rain ... so rush our way back to the car .... and go back .... on the way, stopped by a baker shop .... recommend them a good place to buy portugese egg tart .... we bought some back for tea time too ....

At night, just have a simple meal nearby ... then later at night, borrow car from them ... and I drove up and meet another UTP friend of mine ... she brought me a bar and have a couple of beer ... while catching up with each other.....

Finally, it is monday morning .... Calvin drove me to UTP .... where he work .... and i hang around there and before i leave for Ipoh .... my friend suggested for me to try out KTM train instead of bus ... so went to bought the train ticket .... and have breakfast ....... and then, catch the train back to KL .... i must say that the train ride is much more comfortable than the bus ride ... some more it stopped at KL central ... which is much more convenient ....

A good weekend getaway ... b4 i will go out to work again ... this weekend ....

Wrapping Up of Dubai Trip

It's been a while since i came back from Dubai, but due to not having access to internet back then .... i was not able to blog about the rest of my trip there .... but basically Dubai was really an expensive place itself ... nothing much you can do that if you dont have the $$$$$$

To wrap up my trip at Dubai, I must say that i have visited almost every shopping Mall the have there, including the newly opened Dubai Mall .... located just beside now the tallest building in the world ... Burj Dubai

Burj Dubai still under construction

I must say I am not a fan of shopping mall myself, but some of the shopping malls here are really too amazing to be ignored ....

The likes of Ibn Battuta

or the Festival City .....









and maybe the Wafi City

Picture paints a thousand words, and looking back at the pictures .... i am still truly amazed by the architecture of the building .... something that you might not see very often ....

Shopping aside, I have also a chance to visit the neighbouring state Abu Dhabi .... a place my friends sud be already there by now ... or at least going to be ..... I would say that it is a much more cozy place to live .... at least compared to the busy-ness of Dubai ......

Abu Dhabi famous waterfront

Heritage village overlooking Abu Dhabi town

Abu Dhabi proudest piece of art

And before I leave Dubai for good .... my training center actually have the courtesy of sponsoring us to a buffet dinner on a ship, which they called the "Dhow Cruise" ..... nothing to shout about actually .... but we do get some splendid view during the cruise

Passing by "Dhow Cruise"

My coursemates


and more of my coursemates .....

busy night at the market "souk" of Dubai

a bigger dhow passing by

overlooking heritage village of Dubai

3 months at Dubai ... plus my first time to the middle east ..... i must say overall ... it have been a wonderful experience ......

Another year ahead

In a blink of an eye, almost 3 months have passed for the year .... i just came back from offshore 5 days ago .... and after 4 months away from work .... it seems a bit challenging to start up with .... body and mind need to adjust back to the demanding working environment i once so used to, and at the same time a new working environment with a new company .....

As far as we try to avoid ... i guess this year will be a tough year for everyone of us .... with the economy not looking good .... plus the demoralizing political climate here at Malaysia .... i just wonder how things will be in the coming days .....

Anyway, what the heck .... i am back ... and alive .... and can start to blog again :-P